"Going through
the cedar grove that leads to Quinta da
Alcaidaria-Mór is just the first step to
enter an universe full
of history and tradition: the home of the Alvaiázere
family. In this 17th century manor house, some pages
of history have been written, from the Napoleonic
Invasions to the Order of Malta. Even D. Nuno
Álvares Pereira, in 1385, prayed in the small chapel that is now part of the Quinta, asking for Saint
Luzia's divine protection on his way to
Aljubarrota battle where he would obtain a
glorious victory. It's a bucolic scenery of
peace and quiet that in the recent years became
the stage for Alexandra Lencastre and Rogério
Samora, during the shooting of the Portuguese
film “O Delfim”, by director Fernando Lopes